| Goodbye Lucy 11/21/07
I replied to someone elses thread with this same exact post but I figured I need my own thread.
My heart goes out to you and your family, I know what your going through as a similar situation happened to us on 11/21/07. All in all, I didnt think I would be heartbroken but I am. I am not the type to cry but when we left the pet ER, I had tears I could not hold back.
We have two dogs, Oreo and Lucy. Oreo is 2 years, half shitzu and half something else. (some kind of terrier) Lucy is 1.5 years old, full bred shitzu. Oreo is well behaved but Lucy is not. She does not listen and will run at anything and everything if given the chance. When Lucy runs, Oreo follows. Their more my mom's dogs than they are mine but I do take care of them nonetheless.
That night I was bringing in some stuff from the my car to my room. I always, always close the door behind me because of Lucy. On the 2nd to last load of stuff I was getting, I walk in the house and close the door behind me. 30 seconds later I go back out to get more stuff and I noticed the front door cracked open.
I run outside as fast as I could yelling their names and a lady standing next to her car said someone pets got runned over by a car. I run to our cross street 3 houses down and I found both of them laying on the street, maybe 40 yards apart. I pick them both up and Lucy is lifeless but oreo is responding to me. I bring them inside the house and my mom brokedown crying. Me and my aunt rush them to the pet ER and anxiously wait for the doctor.
Doctor said that we need to talk about Lucy first. Tells us that lucy has severe head trauma and has blood coming from the nose, mouth, and ears. Xrays reveal she has two skull fractures. His chances for her was less than 20% and that if she was to pull through, she is most likely a vegetable. At that point Oreo hasnt taken xrays and tells us he seems ok and from what he sees he doesnt see anything broken.
He recommends euthanasia because of Lucy's condition but it really is up to us. But he believes the quality of life for Lucy is gone even if she pulls through with a miracle. I call my mom and tell her the news, I can barely speak to her because she is crying nonstop. She said to go ahead with the euthanasia because she cannot bear to see Lucy that way.
Deep down I really wanted to atleast try to save her but I know its selfish. Oreo in the other hand, had nothing broken. He has a scraped nose, scraped tail and a scraped leg from the road rash and a little bit of grease on his back. Doctor also said he is sore all over and his muscles are weak. Oreo is a very very very lucky dog.
I was talking to the witness who saw everything unfold as shes claims she was driving behind the car that ranned over both of them. She said that they were both running together crossing the street from the left to the right side of the road with Lucy leading. At the moment of impact they were both hit headon but since lucy was leading she was run over by the passenger side tire while oreo went underneath the car and was dragged for about 30-40 yards.
We were able to take Oreo home that same night from the pet ER. Now oreo is really really sad and I know hes looking for Lucy. He is not eating but is drinking water. I tried to hand feed him a few times and it seems he is eating a little bit that way but wont eat on his own. Being a beggar that he is, he still watches us eat when we are having lunch or dinner and I could not help but offer him some of our meat and he eats it without hesitation. The same cant be said for his dog food, I have to hand feed him to get him to eat a little bit. He is one depressed dog and it breaks my heart to look at him that way.
I have suggested to my mom to get another great dog for Oreo but she doesnt even want to think about it right now. She is too heartbroken at the moment to even think of a replacement. Im heartbroken myself and I still tear up here and their but I think it would really help Oreo a lot. Oreo has had companionship mostly all his life (although hes only 2yrs old) and a sudden loss of Lucy is really hurting him. They would run around the house chasing each other and playing.
BTW, about the cracked front door, there was a piece of cardboard paper that got stick preventing the door to be fully closed. Lucy most have pawed it open just enough for them to runout
Last edited by IHeartDogs84; 12-23-2007 at 08:09 PM.
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